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Arab Digest is where business leaders and experts on the Middle East and North Africa come together to share analysis and insight about the issues in the region that matter most.contact email: editor@arabdigest.org

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Oman: A New Sultan And New Challenges 01.05.2020 22:30

The ECFR's Cinzia Bianco discusses the challenges Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tarek faces in an increasingly volatile neighbourhood. Can he maintain the legacy of Sultan Qaboos and continue to steer the country's neutral path or will pressures from Saudi Arabia and the UAE as well as a distressed economy force him to abandon course? Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start r...

Haftar Suffers Big Defeats But War Grinds On In Libya 24.04.2020 33:06

A discussion with Tarek Megerisi, policy fellow with the North Africa and Middle East programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations. As UAE-backed Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar suffers significant losses and Turkey ups support for the GNA, the risk the grows the proxy war will become more intense with disastrous consequences for Libyan people. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to joi...

Post Covid-19 what is the future for political Islam in MENA? 17.04.2020 20:10

Courtney Freer, research fellow at the London School of Economics Middle East Programme, discusses political Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood in the MENA region. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

Not even Covid-19 can end the Gulf Feud 10.04.2020 27:51

Baker Institute fellow and associate Chatham House fellow Kristian Coates Ulrichsen discusses the bitter feud that divides the GCC. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

MENA Post Covid - 19 03.04.2020 19:44

How will coronavirus change the political, social and economic landscape of the MENA region? A conversation with Sami Hamdi, editor-in-chief of The International Interest. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

Who blinks first? Saudi Arabia, Russia and the oil price war glutting (and gutting) the marketplace 27.03.2020 22:27

Alastair Newton analysizes the oil price war for Arab Digest. Alastair worked as a professional political analyst in the City of London from 2005 to 2015. Before that he spent 20 years as a career diplomat with the British Diplomatic Service. He is a regular contributor to Arab Digest. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

Yemeni women's rights activist Misk AlJunaid discusses the war 20.03.2020 13:57

As the 5th anniversary of the Yemen war approaches, Yemeni women's rights activist Misk AlJunaid calls on international organisations to ensure women are at the heart of the peace process. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

Whither Dubai’s Expo 2020? 18.03.2020 7:46

Dubai had great expectations about what Expo 2020 would deliver. As Covid-19 continues its global onslaught now is the time to rethink those expectations. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.

Libya: the Arab Digest editor and the ECFR's Tarek Megerisi discuss the war 13.03.2020 23:57

The European Council on Foreign Relation's Tarek Megerisi in conversation with Arab Digest editor William Law on the war in Libya. Sign up NOW at Arabdigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & podcasts.